The chances are you were either at Goodison, glued to the radio, transfixed to the television... or simply hiding behind the sofa praying everything was going to be okay by the time you re-emerged shortly before 5pm.

The date was Saturday, May 7 1994.

And it was the occasion of arguably Everton's most important game of the last 25 years.

Indeed, that could easily be extended to more than 50 years given the implications of what could have had happened had the Blues not done their job.

Wimbledon were the visitors as Mike Walker's men faced the very real prospect of dropping out of the Premier League.

A dismal 3-0 defeat at Leeds United the previous weekend meant Everton began the final day in the relegation zone, a point adrift of safety.

Fortunately, Ipswich Town, Sheffield United and Southampton were all within reach, and the Blues would be safe provided they won and one of the troubled triumvirate lost.

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It didn't start too well. An early Dean Holdsworth penalty was added to by a calamitous Gary Ablett own goal to put Wimbledon 2-0 ahead after only 20 minutes.

We all know what happened next.

Four minutes later Graham Stuart tucked away a penalty after Anders Limpar went down in the area before, midway through the second half, Barry Horne briefly turned into Bobby Charlton by smashing a shot home from a range that becomes that little further out with each passing year.

Who needs Cantona when we've got Barry Horne, indeed.

Still, scorelines elsewhere meant a draw would not be enough to keep Everton up.

And then, with just nine minutes remaining, Stuart strode through the Wimbledon defence and despatched a shot under the dive of Hans Segers to keep Everton in the top flight.

What's often forgotten is Everton actually finished in 17 place having leapfrogged all three of their fellow strugglers on that final day, Sheffield United the unlucky team to join Oldham Athletic and Swindon Town in dropping out.